Chapter 051: Infantry vs. Cavalry
The bottom ends are chiseled into the earth, leaving no gaps between them.
The shield array is good, the sword and shield hands are hard under their feet, their knees are slightly bent, and they use their shoulders against the back of the shield, ready to resist the impact of the horse, and they will never take half a step back.
The spear-wielding foot soldiers stood behind their shields.
Half of the spears had a special poison smoke canister attached to them, which was used to disrupt the cavalry's horses.
The one who led the shield array was none other than Liu Qi's personal guard commander, Li Cunxiao!
In addition, more than 400 crossbowmen were arrayed in front of the shield array, half-crouching on the ground with their arms raised, and when the enemy sprinted to the range, they would decisively pull the trigger.
Behind the pikemen, five hundred strong men selected from the construction team, piled up with poison chimneys inlaid with ropes and huge stones at their feet.
When the time comes, cooperate with the crossbowmen to throw them and kill the charging cavalry as much as possible.
The 300 Yulin cavalry led by Huo Quzhi was divided into two, protecting the left and right flanks of the main formation. Zhang Hu also stood proudly in front of the cavalry on the left, as Huo Quai's deputy general, to participate in this battle!
In order to completely crush Sun Benjun and leave no accidents, Liu Qi pressed all the talents.
Liu Qi, Liu Wenjing, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and other Wenchen stood at the head of the city, hearing the sound of rolling thunder, and seeing the three thousand cavalry like dark clouds, even the brothers of the Kuai family couldn't help but turn pale.
The cavalry and infantry were equal in number, and the cavalry was still a battle-hardened elite.
In the eyes of the people at this time, the infantry will be defeated!
As for Huo Qubing and his 300 Yulin army, they have long been forgotten - 300 horsemen, what is the use of tens of thousands of people on both sides on the battlefield?
"Eldest prince, it's dangerous here, so let's go back and sit in town......"
Kuai Liang gasped, overwhelmed by the momentum of Sun Ben's cavalry, and looked up to see that Liu Qi was no longer there.
"This?"
Kuai Liang looked at Liu Wenjing, this person was suddenly brought by the lord after returning to Hanshou Mansion, saying that he was a new strategist with an elegant temperament, but it always made Kuai Liang feel a little jealous.
That's an instinct for peer competitors.
Liu Wenjing didn't react to Kuai Liang, and when she saw this, she smiled and pointed to the high platform on the right.
Kuai Liang saw that Liu Qi had rolled up his sleeves at some point, picked up the arm-length drum hammer, and beat the war drums on the city.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
Again and again, the dull sound of war drums smashed into the hearts of both the enemy and the enemy.
Wei Xiaokuan looked up and saw this scene, his heart moved, and he shouted: "The lord is beating the drum for us, our army will win!" ”
Liu Qijun's morale was greatly boosted.
"Victory!"
The next moment, the desolate sound of the horn resounded across the land, merging with the sound of war drums.
Liu Qijun no longer had anyone to speak, and he was ready to fight. The sword and shield hand bit the cork in his mouth, and his shoulders pressed against the giant shield, and his muscles tensed.
"Whew-"
The sound of the horn came again, but it did not belong to Liu Qijun.
Three thousand cavalry roared in, most of them were veterans who had broken Jiangxia with Sun Jian, and they had an unparalleled psychological advantage against the Jingzhou army - if you hadn't killed my boss by playing yin, Jingzhou would have been ours a long time ago!
Now the three young generals Sun are leading us to take revenge, a small city, it's not a matter of minutes!
If the Jingzhou soldiers who had fought with Sun Jianjun were here, in the face of such a strong cavalry, I am afraid that they would recall the psychological shadows.
It's a pity that the one standing opposite Sun Ben at this time is fighting to the death against the murderous barbarian warriors in the game territory, and his fighting spirit is not inferior to their elite soldiers!
Amid the sound of trumpets and drums, the horses went from slow to fast, accelerating halfway.
With five hundred armored cavalry as the front, the light cavalry expanded into two wings, like a fierce beast that pounced on its prey, crushing towards Liu Qi's army's foot soldiers.
Whether it is the soldiers in the formation or the civil officials watching the battle at the head of the city, they can clearly feel it at this moment. The so-called "bandits" are not worth mentioning at all before the pressure caused by the real elite of a hundred battles.
Under the leadership of Sun Ce, the cavalry of Sun Ben's army had turned into a group of vicious wolves led by fierce beasts, wielding sabers and spears, and letting out a roar that did not resemble a human voice, vowing to tear apart the enemies who dared to stand in front of them.
"Sure enough, it's the Jiangdong Tigers."
Liu Qi stared down, his face sinking like water.
The number of the Yulin Army is too small, and it can't be pressed at this moment. Whether you can stop this tiger or not depends on Wei Xiaokuan's footsteps!
"Roaring ——!"
With a wave of Sun Ce's spear, the three thousand cavalry let out a wolf howl at the same time, and a bloodthirsty green light appeared in his eyes.
"Steady!"
Li Cunxiao shouted in the formation, and immediately suppressed the fear of the sword and shield soldiers.
The foot soldiers only felt a hot current surging in their chests, and it seemed that their strength had become much greater, and they had unprovoked courage out of thin air.
This is exactly the reason why Liu Qi asked Li Cunxiao to lead the shield array - the characteristics of the three armies of Yongguan are fixed, and when Li Cunxiao leads the army, the soldiers under his command are Wuyong +10.
There is no more practical trait for sword and shield soldiers who have to face the oppression of cavalry!
"Fight!"
Li Cunxiao held his head high and hit the arm guard with the back of his knife.
The sword-and-shield men and pikemen felt something in their hearts and shouted along.
The shouts infected the crossbowmen in front, the strong men in the rear, and the cavalry guarding the flanks. Under the encouragement of the generals, Liu Qijun shouted at the same time, and the momentum was amazing.
The entire army array is like a rock arching under the city, even if the storm hits, it still stands.
"Kill!"
Several of Sun Benjun's Dubo and Shi Chang took the lead in the charge, wearing armor and wielding cold sabers in their hands, their fierce faces turned hideous with excitement.
Five hundred paces away, Liu Qi's army suddenly sounded behind the formation of the wind.
Stones the size of a man's head whistled out and smashed into the charging cavalry.
It's a 500 man recruited from the construction team!
After several rounds of stone rain, there were more than a few dozen dead and wounded cavalry, but in the charging army, not even a single wave was stirred.
Some of the cavalrymen were smashed off their horses, and before they could scream, they died under the hooves of their own horses.
Four hundred steps.
The sound of crossbow strings sounded, and the Yuan Shu crossbowman calmly pulled the trigger, and the continuous crossbow arrows flew out of the air one after another, and they scuttled into the cavalry formation!
This time, more than two hundred cavalrymen were killed and wounded, and finally caused a brief commotion on the left flank of the cavalry.
"Retreat!"
Two rounds of crossbow arrows were fired, and Wei Xiaokuan ordered the waving of the military flag, and the 450 Yuan Shu crossbowmen, as well as 100 well-trained archers, were separated, and retreated behind the pikemen like a tide. Make the shield array face the hooves of the enemy cavalry.
However, the ranged attack is not over.
Just as the crossbowmen and archers retreated, the five hundred strong men in the rear exerted their strength again, and the poisonous cigarette barrels tied to the ropes were thrown out.
The war horse was frightened in the smoke and wounded by the broken stones, completely disobeying the command, and rushed left and right indiscriminately. The front of the cavalry was disorganized, and the crossbowmen did not need to command at all, and they chose their own targets and began to scatter.
After three rounds of long-range attacks, Sun Benjun's momentum weakened significantly.